GOP leader says US will overcome war, recession

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says the United States will overcome war, recession and double-digitunemployment. Challenges will be met, better days are ahead and the nation'sleaders will unite for the common good despite sometimes sharppolitical disagreements, which are the hallmark of a vibrantdemocracy, McConnell said in the GOP's weekly radio and Internetaddress Saturday. "The new year always brings with it renewed hope and a spiritof optimism - qualities that have exemplified our nation and itspeople from the very start," said McConnell, R-Ky. He drew a historical parallel, citing the colonial army of 230years ago winning a great military victory amid the exhaustion of awar in which the colonists were facing impossible odds against theBritish. "Powerful forces may be aligned against us ... but when thechallenges are greatest, Americans always join ranks," the senatorsaid. Democrats and Republicans have been sharply at odds overnumerous issues in the last year, from economic stimulus to energylegislation to overhauling the health care system.

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